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package org.eclipse.che.ide.util;

/**
 * Determines an output value based on an input value.
 * <p/>
 * <p>See the Guava User Guide article on <a href=
 * "http://code.google.com/p/guava-libraries/wiki/FunctionalExplained">the use of {@code
 * Function}</a>.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion
 * @since 2.0 (imported from Google Collections Library)
 */
public interface Function<F, T> {
    /**
     * Returns the result of applying this function to {@code input}. This method is <i>generally
     * expected</i>, but not absolutely required, to have the following properties:
     * <p/>
     * <ul>
     * <li>Its execution does not cause any observable side effects.
     * <li>The computation is <i>consistent with equals</i>; that is, {@link Objects#equal
     * Objects.equal}{@code (a, b)} implies that {@code Objects.equal(function.apply(a),
     * function.apply(b))}.
     * </ul>
     *
     * @throws NullPointerException
     *         if {@code input} is null and this function does not accept null
     *         arguments
     */
    T apply(F input);

    /**
     * Indicates whether another object is equal to this function.
     * <p/>
     * <p>Most implementations will have no reason to override the behavior of {@link Object#equals}.
     * However, an implementation may also choose to return {@code true} whenever {@code object} is a
     * {@link Function} that it considers <i>interchangeable</i> with this one. "Interchangeable"
     * <i>typically</i> means that {@code Objects.equal(this.apply(f), that.apply(f))} is true for all
     * {@code f} of type {@code F}. Note that a {@code false} result from this method does not imply
     * that the functions are known <i>not</i> to be interchangeable.
     */
    @Override
    boolean equals(Object object);
}
